Magallanes, Navarra push CapSU faculty to further research
By Niño Manaog
Extension Associate
Capiz State University
“Improve research performance,” said Editha L. Magallanes, president of the Capiz State University (CapSU) to some 75 faculty members of the CapSU System during the Writing for Refereed Journals, a training workshop organized by the CapSU Research, Development and Extension Center (RDEC) headed by Dr. Cora Navarra, vice-president for research and extension.
During the said traning held on April 23–24, 2013 at the CapSU Roxas City Campus in Fuentes Drive, Roxas City, Magallanes encouraged the faculty members from the ten campuses of CapSU system to avail themselves of this opportunity designed to enhance their research skills, particularly in scientific writing. She stressed the need for their researches to be published in a refereed journal, particularly challenging the younger members of the faculty to pursue research to beef up their professional credentials.
During the said traning held on April 23–24, 2013 at the CapSU Roxas City Campus in Fuentes Drive, Roxas City, Magallanes encouraged the faculty members from the ten campuses of CapSU system to avail themselves of this opportunity designed to enhance their research skills, particularly in scientific writing. She stressed the need for their researches to be published in a refereed journal, particularly challenging the younger members of the faculty to pursue research to beef up their professional credentials.
Further, the CapSU president zoomed in on how through research they can add value to indigenous resources in the province such as the coconut (lubi) and green mussels (tahong) to become more profitable. Magallanes likewise said that CapSU, led by RDEC, will organize an editorial board who will manage the peer review of scientific papers to come up with refereed issues of the CapSU RDE Journal.
For his part, Dr. Aladino Leccio, vice-president for administration and finance, called on them to work together even as he announced that only the scientific papers published in refereed publications can be credited under the National Budget Circular (NBC) evaluation scheme. Leccio asked the group to take to their tasks seriously so that they can further improve their careers.
Gathering researchers from the areas of agriculture and natural and social sciences, the workshop featured the expertise of Ms. Maria Judith Lagarde Sablan, managing editor of the Philippine Journal of Science (PJS), a journal managed by the Science and Technology Information Institute (STII), the publication arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
For two days, Sablan briefed the faculty on the writing format accepted by the PJS, and shared to them the ethical principles observed in science publication. On the second day, participants retrieved their existing research proposals and rewrote them, tailor-fitting the same to the format prescribed by the PJS and generally most refereed journals. Foremost, Sablan highlighted the task of the researcher to both "inform and transform" even as she promoted that science, a discipline based on trust, has to be advanced to effect change in the society.
The capability building initiative drew favorable feedback from the participants.
Dr. Bede Ozaraga, campus administrator of CapSU Dumarao who has been specializing in Darag native chicken, had to say that the idea of coming up with a refereed journal will help them especially as regards the Office Performance and Commitment Review (OPCR), an employee's performance indicator tool which requires them publication of research results in a peer-reviewed journal.
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| PUBLISH, DON’T PERISH. Dr. Cora Navarra (far left, top), Capiz State University’s vice-president for Research and Extension brought the expertise of Judith Lagarde Sablan (top, second from left), managing editor of the Philippine Journal of Science to the CapSU faculty researchers; both CapSU President Editha L. Magallanes (top, far right) and Vice-President for Administration and Finance Aladino Leccio (bottom, second from right) encourage researchers to study and publish to boost themselves up the professional ladder. |
Ms. Rhodora Ticar, research coordinator for CapSU Poblacion Mambusao specializing in biological sciences, said that the skills taught in writing the research paper for peer-reviewed journals was very useful. Ticar welcomed the simplified format that was taught which can help her in pursuing a research project this year.
Dr. Salvacion Legaspi, dean of the College of Agriculture and Forestry of CapSU Burias Campus who also specializes in agriculture, said she learned how to write an article publishable in a refereed journal. Further, while Legaspi observed that online research journals nowadays publish studies in the molecular and cellular levels in the sciences, she expressed her apprehension in submitting scientific studies using basic parameters. Sablan, in turn, said they can submit studies as long as they carry new knowledge and they can be reproduced, replicated and even improved by other researchers.
Dr. Benedicto Sustento, Assistant Professor III of CapSU Roxas City Campus, specializing in English said he could share the mechanics for the thesis and dissertation writing skills to his graduate students and undergraduate students particularly in technical writing and advanced research.
Dr. Marcela Buenvenida, research chair of CapSU Pilar specializing in social research, found the ethical principles in research writing enligh
On the whole, the training workshop benefited the participants in different aspects. As reflected in the evaluation sheets, some faculty researchers saw the importance of the much needed capability building workshop in their research efforts. Others said that it taught them that scientific writing entails "a patient and unhurried activity," further encouraging them to eventually publish their contributions to scientific knowledge.
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| Participants with the resource speaker, organizers and facilitators in the Training Workshop on Writing for Refereed Journals led by CapSU RDEC. |
In conclusion, Navarra attributed its success to the support and encouragement of the top management led by Dr. Editha L. Magallanes. Navarra then announced that the RDEC will undertake similar other efforts this year in order to draw more and improved research and extension output. In particular, a training workshop on basic photography and Photoshop designed for faculty researchers and extension workers is slated in May 2013.
